Articles

I don't write that often but when I do it's usually to share something I have found or something I have had fun doing. Hopefully these articles will help and encourage others to have a go, solve an issue or provide a modicum of light relief and a titter. Commenting is tucked away at the bottom of the pages and please do feel free to leave a comment.

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Simon Cox

Oct 15, 2011
7 min

A steam trip on the Swanage Belle

I recently booked a trip on the Swanage Belle, a steam hauled special train service from London down to Swanage on the Dorset Coast.

Simon Cox

Aug 26, 2011
9 min

EEUK11 report

The UK's first ExpressionEngine conference has taken place in Manchester in August 2011.

Simon Cox

Jul 2, 2011
2 min

Assets for ExpressionEngine

Assets is a new file management add-on for ExpressionEngine and brings a new way of managing assets in your website. I installed it and buil

Simon Cox

Jun 18, 2011
1 min

Vintage tractors

On the 11th June 2011 we attended the Shakey Super Pull run by the Midlands Tractor Pulling Club at the Shakespeare Country Raceway.

Simon Cox

May 30, 2011
4 min

Responsive web design

Responsive web design has been emerging as a way forward over the past two years. Following inspiration from the way Simon Collison's crafte

Loxley Barton Falls - part 1 - inspiration

Simon Cox

Feb 25, 2011
2 min

Loxley Barton Falls - part 1 - inspiration

In 2004 I went to the Expo Narrow Gauge (ExpoNG) model railway exhibition for the first time and that single visit inspired me to pick up...

Simon Cox

Jul 27, 2010
3 min

WebFonts

With HTML5 finally emerging from the primordial soup I thought it was time to have a look at where we have got to with fonts on the web, wha

Simon Cox

Mar 5, 2010
1 min

Star Wars day

Luuuuuke, Luuuuuke, wake up it's the 4th of May - Star Wars Day...

Simon Cox

Feb 9, 2010
3 min

Nibbler

Online testing suites are a very useful way of checking your website to see if it's up to scratch. I take you through Nibbler from Silktide.

Simon Cox

Feb 4, 2010
4 min

The perfect angle to staple paper

On July 2nd 2004 I posted a small article about stapling sheets of paper together. We all have these small thoughts but don't usually say th

Simon Cox

Jan 31, 2010
2 min

Medmenham walk

We completed a short country walk around Medmenham in Buckinghamshire including a stretch along the banks of the Thames river.

Simon Cox

Jan 26, 2010
1 min

New look for 2010

New year heralds new design and some long overdue focus back on this website

Simon Cox

Dec 9, 2009
1 min

White Sands Quay progress

Ongoing development of my third layout.

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